Jeff Timmens is a New York journalist in trouble. His employment at the Central Music Network (CMN) will be terminated if his next work isn`t Pulitzer material. Unfortunately, his boss sends him to Iopa, Iowa to document a story that is so ridiculous, it is sure to only get him fired: the National Karaoke Competition. Documenting several of the contestants` lives, Jeff finds that the life of "Kroakers" is far more interesting and eccentric than he could have ever imagined. Julie Reismann, Mary and Marty Eichenbach, and William Moynahan frequent the Hannibal`s bar, while Rock Penesicci will only attend Stubbie`s Pub. Determined to beat each other out for the coveted spots in the Starkroaker Host Invitational Talent Search (S.H.I.T.S.), when they all make it, the happy facades of the Midwest melt into a pot of backstabbing that is only rivaled in in the city`s church.